Episodes

  • CLAY FOOTED GIANTS Graphic Novel by Mark McGuire and Alain Chevarier (Ben)

    CLAY FOOTED GIANTS Graphic Novel by Mark McGuire and Alain Chevarier (Ben)
    Sep 14 2024

    The Comic Book Time Machine takes on something a little different from its usual fair of fanciful fantasy and artful action adventure . . . this time exploring a thoughtful and touching slice of life, with a graphic novel about parenthood, trauma, and dealing with the previous generation while raising …
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    27 mins
  • THE COULSON CHRONICLES 2: The Death Stone Saga & Battle Scars (Ben)

    THE COULSON CHRONICLES 2: The Death Stone Saga & Battle Scars (Ben)
    Sep 11 2024

    Coulson’s story continues in comics as he gets brought back to life and the newest Infinity Stone gives him some sort of death power . . . what does it mean? We find out a little bit more in the final six pages of the following annuals:Ms. Marvel Annual #1 …
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    45 mins
  • The Final Marvel LOGAN’S RUN Comic: Bizarre Adventures 28 – MCC127

    The Final Marvel LOGAN’S RUN Comic: Bizarre Adventures 28 – MCC127
    Aug 15 2024

    Ben returns to the world of LOGAN’S RUN with a comic story that is TOTALLY NOT Logan’s Run, but TOTALLY IS Logan’s Run. What do you do when you have a Logan’s Run comic book issue, but don’t have the Logan’s Run license? You strip it of every specific detail …
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    33 mins
  • TRANSFORMERS & FINAL FACTION – Dollar Store Comics (Ben)

    TRANSFORMERS & FINAL FACTION – Dollar Store Comics (Ben)
    Aug 8 2024

    All four of this episode’s comics came in bags, but not blind bags. Still, Ben had no idea what to expect from these three IDW Transformers comics and one original Dollar Tree comic based on their original action figure line Final Faction. What Ben found inside:* A Transformers comic that …
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    49 mins
  • HUMAN FLY #0??? – MCC126

    HUMAN FLY #0??? – MCC126
    Aug 1 2024

    “Wait. What?” ~ Ben’s exact words when he was looking at comic book soliciations for last month. But The Human Fly is back! It’s a new series! A new continuity! A new creative team! A new publisher! A new millennium! But the same concept: he’s the wildest superhero every . …
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    Less than 1 minute
  • Coulson’s Back! THE COULSON CHRONICLES Crossover with Welcome to Level Seven (Ben)

    Coulson’s Back! THE COULSON CHRONICLES Crossover with Welcome to Level Seven (Ben)
    Jul 27 2024

    Philip Coulson died in the comics. Then he returned as an evil creation of Mephisto. And now he’s back again! This episode is being posted to both Comic Book Time Machine and Welcome to Level Seven since it deals with both the worlds of Agents of SHIELD and the comic …
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    41 mins
  • BLIND BAG: Featuring Superman, Armor, & a double from a previous blind bag?!? (Ben)

    BLIND BAG: Featuring Superman, Armor, & a double from a previous blind bag?!? (Ben)
    Jul 17 2024

    Ben digs into his stash of blind bags for some blind bag comics fun, opening a bag he doesn’t remember buying that reveals: The question is: even if one of these comics is something he has read before in another blind bag episode, with the Annual’s extra length will this …
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    36 mins
  • Marvel vs DC: PREDATOR VS. WOLVERINE Versus JUSTICE LEAGUE VS KING VS GODZILLA (Ben)

    Marvel vs DC: PREDATOR VS. WOLVERINE Versus JUSTICE LEAGUE VS KING VS GODZILLA (Ben)
    Jul 10 2024

    Seven months ago or so, Ben took a look at the first two issues of a Marvel franchise crossover and a DC franchise crossover. He pitted the two debut issues against each other then, but now he’s BACK to follow up on these series not that they have concluded. And …
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    37 mins